story and writing
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Story and Writing
Difference between story and plot
Story: General subject matter
Difference between story and plot
Story: General subject matter
Plot: How the story is told (the structuring of the scenes)
Romeo and Juliet (1968) Franco Zeffirelli
Romeo and Juliet (1996) Baz Luhrmann
The screenplay is the skeleton of the film
The screenplay is the skeleton of the film
the inner thoughts of the character are often omitted
A figurative technique: “An artistic device that suggests abstract ideas through comparison, either implied or overt” (Gianetti)
Motif: so much a part of the film (almost) an invisible symbol
Motif: so much a part of the film (almost) an invisible symbol
A Motif: technique/object: that is repeated and doesn’t call too much attention itself
Examples:Water The Graduate
Symbol: Objects placed in a film for purpose of communicating an idea (symbolic meaning)
Homage: The deliberate reference to another film
Who is telling the story?
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
Third person: a nonparticipating narrator tells the story from the consciousness of a single character
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
Third person: a nonparticipating narrator tells the story from the consciousness of a single character
Objective point of view: does not enter the consciousness of any character
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea , situation or character used from source
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea , situation or character used from source
2.Faithful: attempt to re-create/ as close to original as possible
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea, situation or character used from source
1.Faithful: attempt to re-create/ as close to original as possible
2.Literal: usually restricted to plays and subtler in their modifications
Documentary
NON-FICTION FILM
NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
- Recordings of actual events
NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
- Recordings of actual events
- No actors, no screenplay
NON-FICTION FILM
- Early Lumiére films basic documentary
- Recordings of actual events
- No actors, no screenplay
-However, they lacked any type complex narrative
MODERN DOCUMENTARIES
- Deal with real people
MODERN DOCUMENTARIES
- Deal with real people
- Places and events
MODERN DOCUMENTARIES
- Deal with real people
- Places and events
- No actors, no screenplay
MODERN DOCUMENTARIES
- Deal with real people
- Places and events
- No actors, no screenplay
-Documentarians like fiction filmmakers superimpose a narrative structure over the footage
